Improvement in inkstands



UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

WILLIAM J. THORN, OF LEOMINSTER, MASSACHUSETTS, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF HIS RIGHT TO ELIJ AH H. HARDING, OF SAME PLAGE.

i IMPROVEMENT IN iNKsTANDs.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 192,849, dated July 10, 1877; application led December 28, 1876.

To all whom it 'may concern Be it known that I, WILLIAM J. THORN, 0f Leominster, Worcester county, State of Massachusetts, have invented new and useful Improvements in Inkstands; and I hereby-declare that the following is a clear and exact description of my invention, which will enable others to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification, and to the letters and figures of reference marked thereon.

The object of my invention is to provide for a cheap and convenient combined ink-holder, ink-holder stand, and pen-rack, so constructed that it occupies but a very small space, can be readily carried about on the person for immediate use, and protects, also, the pen from injury when dipped into the ink'holder against the bottom. At the same time it can be readily Vcleansed inside simply by removing a nut or fastening underneath the ink-holder stand.

My invention consists in casting or blowing a cylindrical ink-holder with lan inverted opening at the top and with a hole'in the bottom.

The lower part of the ink-holder is provided outside, at or near the bottom, with an annu` lar groove.

This so-constructed ink-holder is placed inside it is held by plaster-of-paris, which lills the before-mentioned "groove in `the ink-holder, and, when becoming dry and hard, prevents the stand from becoming accidentally detached from the ink-holder. The ink-holder stand is provided underneath with a threaded aperture, directly under the hole in the bottom of the ink-holder. A threaded and holthe ink-holder stand, to which4 low nut, in which is placed an india-rubber disk, ts into the threaded aperture in the stand, and serves the twofold purpose ofcleaning the ink-holder and protecting the point of the pen when dipped too deep. into the ink-holder. opposite each other, are fastened spring penracks or pen-holders, which are so arranged that the pen will be held to the ink-holder without becoming accidentally detached from the same. The tops of these spring pen-holders are curved outward, and form eyes, so that a string may be fastened to them, and by aid of which the combined ink-holder, ink-holder stand, and penrack may be carried about a person writing.

ln order to more fully describe my invention, I refer to the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification. s

Figure l is a side view of lnyimproved inkholder,inkholder stand, and spring pen-rack. Fig. 2V is a sectional view, and Fig. 3 is a plan view, of the same.

A is the ink-holder, with circular groove a and aperture b in the bottom. B is the inkholder stand, with threaded opening c. dis the threaded nut, with` india-rubber disk e. F F are the spring pen-holders, with eyes g g.

Having thus described my invention, I desire to claim- The ink-holder stand B, with opening c, nut d, rubber disk e, and spring pen-holders F F, in combination with the ink-holder A, with groove a and hole b, substantially as and for the purpose hereinbefore set forth.

y W. J. THORN.

Witnesses:

RIGHT). AGEENER, F. BAREITT.

To the outer side of the stand, 

